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Man charged with DWI after 4-vehicle crash in High Point

High Point police blocked off several lanes of traffic after a four car accident.

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Man charged with DWI after 4-vehicle crash in High Point

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Updated: 2:18 PM EDT Sep 18, 2012

HIGH POINT, N.C. —

A man has been charged with DWI after a 4-vehicle crash caused U.S. 311 to be closed for hours Tuesday morning.

Mekaeel Byrd, 25, of High Point, also was charged with felony causing serious injury by motor vehicle, failing to reduce speed and a seatbelt violation.

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The crash happened around 4:40 a.m. near the Skeet Club Road overpass. That's near the North Main Street exit.

All four drivers were hurt in the crash. Robert Dean Halter, 57, of Kernersville, suffered multiple fractures to his left hand and foot and cuts to his face, High Point police said. Halter was taken to Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, where his injuries aren't considered life-threatening.

Byrd suffered head injuries and was treated and released from High Point Regional Hospital. The drivers of the other two vehicles had minor injuries.

Byrd was going southbound at a high rate of speed when he collided with a Toyota SUV driven by Halter, police said. The SUV crossed the median and overturned in the northbound lanes.

The inverted SUV collided with a minivan that wasn't able to avoid the crash, police said. A Cadillac collided with the SUV after the minivan hit it, police said.

Byrd was held under a $5,000 unsecured bond.

Police blocked off all northbound and southbound lanes from North Main Street to N.C. 66 as crews investigated and cleaned up the scene.

The southbound lanes were reopened around 7 a.m., while the northbound lanes were reopened around 8 a.m.